Merry-go-round.



No. 882,902. PATENTED 001?. 9, 1906.

W. B. HAMBRIGHT & A. E. POWELL.

MERRY-GO-ROUND. APPLICATION FILED NOVA, 1905.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4. 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

KEARNEY,

MERRY-GO-ROUND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented oet. 9, 1906.

Anplicatiou filed November 4, 1905. Serial No. 285,908.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that we, WILLIAM B. HAM- BRIGHT and ALFRED E. POWELL, citizens of the United States, residing at Kearney, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful MerryGo- Round, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to amusement devices, and has for its object to provide an improved device of this character in the nature of what is known as a merry-go-round.

It is proposed to equip the device with a series of bicycles running directly upon a floor or platform, to confine the bicycles to a circular path, and to have the device actuated by one or more motor-cycles and by the pedaling of the occupants of the bicycles.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claims Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of an amusement device embodying the features of the present invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken through one side thereof.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in both of the figures of the drawings.

The present apparatus includes a circular frame-bar 1, which is preferably in the nature of a tube and is embraced at regular intervals by means of substantially U-shaped brackets having spaced depending ears 3, between which is received a circular fiat guidebar 4, which is held in place by bolts 5, pierc-.

ing the bar and the ears 3. For the support of this frame there is an annular series of supporting-stands, each of which is made up of-a base 6, resting upon the ground or a platform, and from which rises a post 7 and a series of braces 8, extending between the post and the base. The upper end of the post is bifurcated, as at 9, and in this bifurcation there is mounted a grooved antifriction roller 10, which supports the guidebar 4.

At suitable intervals the tubular frame-bar 1 is pierced by radially-disposed cross-bars 11, some of which pierce the brackets 2 and hold the latter to the frame-bar. At the inner side of the frame-bar there is an annular series of bicycles A, and another series of bicycles B is provided around the outer side of the frame, the front and rear forks of each bicycle being pierced by adjacent cross-bars, with the wheels mounted upon said cross-bars as axles. The head-tubes of adjacent inner and outer bicycles are connected by a brace-bar 12, and a similar brace-bar 13 extends between the seat-post tubes of the bicycles. In addition to these braces there are inclined braces 14, which extend downwardly from the seat-post tubes of the bicycles to the frame-bar 1, where they are pierced by the cross-bar 11, which connects the rear wheels of the bicycles. Each pair of successive bicycles is connected by a bar 15, which extends between adjacent cross-bars 11 and may be employed at the inner sides and the outer sides of the wheels.

In addition to the usual bicycle-seats it is proposed to equip the device with other seats 16, each seat being supported upon a standard 17, rising from the frame-bar 1 between the front wheels of adjacent inner and outer bicycles and braced by inclined braces 18, converged upwardly from the cross-bar to the top of the standard.

It will here be explained that'each crossbar is provided at each end with spaced threaded portions for the reception of nuts to hold the bicycle-forks thereon, and each bar is also threaded at opposite sides of the framebar 1 for the reception of nuts 19, which hold the lower ends of the members 14 in place and also prevent endwise play of the crossbar through the frame-bar.

While the device may be propelled solely by the occupants thereof, it is also proposed to employ motor-cycles, preferably two in number, located at diagonally opposite points, as shown at 0, whereby the device may be run at a high rate of speed whenever desired.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. The combination of a plurality of sta- I tionary posts spaced apart at suitable intervals, rollers mounted on the same to rotate on horizontal axes, a frame having a vertical portion riding on the rollers, cross-bars carried by the frame, and a plurality of bicycles rigidly connected with the cross-bars.

2. A merry-go-round comprising a stationary base, a plurality of posts fixed on the'base at suitable intervals and in a circle, rollers mounted on the upper ends of the posts to rotate onhorizontal axes, an annular frame having a vertical portion riding on the rollers, transverse cross-bars fixed to the frame, and vehicles bearing on the base and rigidly connected with the cross-bar.

3. A merry-go-round comprising a stationary base, a plurality of posts fixed thereon in a circle, aframe disposed over the upper ends of the posts and comprising a tubular mem ber and a guide-bar, antifriction devices on the posts on which the guide-bar rides, crossbars mounted in the tubular member, bicycles on the ends of the cross-bar, and bracing means extending from the frames of the bicycles to the cross-bars.

4. A merry-go-round comprising a stationary base, a plurality of posts fixed thereon in a circle, antifriction devices carried by the posts, a circular guide-bar arranged to ride at one of its edges on the antifriction devices, U-shaped brackets rigidly connected to the guide-bar, a tubular frame supported on the guide-bar by the brackets, and a plurality of bicycles connected with and braced from the tubular frame.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto aflixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM B. HAMBRIGHT. ALFRED E. POWELL.

Witnesses CHRISTOPHER TAGGART, JOHN LoUREY. 

